Alushta Municipality
| Alushta City Municipality Алуштинська міська рада |
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| Location of Alushta municipality in Crimea Location of Alushta municipality in Crimea |
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| Country | Disputed: |
| Republic | Crimea |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 600 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 52,318 |
| • Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+3) |
| Area code | 380-6560- |
| Website | alushta |
Alushta City Municipality (Ukrainian: Алуштинська міська рада, Russian: Алуштинский горсовет, Crimean Tatar: Aluşta şeer şurası), officially "the territory governed by the Alushta city council", also known as Greater Alushta is one of the 25 regions of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population: 52,318 (2014 Census).[1]
It is a resort region, located at the southern shore of Crimea - one of the most famous recreational territories of the former Soviet Union.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions of Russia, Alushta is, together with a number of urban and rural localities, incorporated separately as the town of republican significance of Alushta—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the town of republican significance of Alushta is incorporated as Alushta Urban Okrug.[3]
Within the framework of administrative divisions of Ukraine, Alushta is incorporated as the town of republican significance of Alushta.[4] Ukraine does not have municipal divisions.
Besides the city of Alushta the region includes the town of Partenit and 24 villages which are organized into 6 communities.
Former Crimean Tatar names which were officially changed in 1945-49 and are now used only by the Crimean Tatar community are mentioned in brackets.
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Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Alushta:[5]
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Simferopol Raion | Bilohirsk Raion | Sudak | |
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Sudak (Black Sea) |
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| Yalta | (Black Sea) | (Black Sea) |
